Bakugan Battle Brawlers At Hogwarts
Third Year
· Whacky Divination
So far the first day at Hogwarts had been surprisingly uneventful. Runo had woken with a smile on her face and alongside her roommates had walked right back to the Great Hall to enjoy a marvelous breakfast. Now reality seemed to bit her back in the face as she stared at Hydron's table as he happily entertained a large group of Slytherins with the tale of her fainting before a dementor.
"That stupid git!" Fabia growled under her breath, as she was about to pounce out of her seat and lunge at the boy. Runo and Chan Lee had to hold her back as curses flew out of her mouth one after the other.
"Just ignore him for god's sake." The Chinese muttered under her breath as she tried to steady the girl. Runo shot Hydron a dirty look as he placed over his robes to seem like a hooded creature. Dan came to sit down right next to her along with his friend Billy Gilbert.
"Prince acting so mature so early in the year, that's a shocker" The brunette said, a scowl still present. Runo chuckled a bit before drinking a bit of lemon juice "Apparently he went running into Billy's and the twin's compartment"
"Almost wet himself." The blonde said with a smirk, making the blunette laugh even harder "He was shaking as a leaf as he entered and asked for help. But I really don't like those creatures. Awful lot the dementors" Runo managed to gulp down her juice and grimace at the events that had occurred. Although the return back to Hogwarts had been amazing she was still on the edge thanks to the fainting and sudden attack of the hooded creatures.
"Well we can maybe repay him back in Quidditch" Dan shot her a smirk, and the mood lifted up a bit "Quidditch season starts in a month and the first game of the season is Gryffindor vs. Slytherin, better start practicing"
"Things are about to get interesting then" Runo smirked just as the students inside the Great Hall started heading towards the first class of the day. Dan, Billy and her said their goodbyes to their housemates and made way towards the North Tower where their first class of Divination would take place. They quickly reached the tower and with a lot of dread climbed up the thousand of steps to get to the top. Huffing and trying to breathe properly they couldn't find any sign of a classroom. Quite confused as to where to find the Divination class they came across a narrow spiral staircase.
Runo was almost out of breath once they reached a little landing a couple of voices of murmurs could be heard. The three of them looked up and noticed a trapdoor at the ceiling with a silver brass in the center of it. The class hadn't even started and she was already fed up with all of the process to get to the classroom.
"Professor Angelo Diablo, Divination teacher." Billy announced out loud, irritation flowing out of his voice "And how in the world are we getting there?"
Suddenly the trapdoor opened and a small staircase appeared right in front of their eyes, leaving them quite startled. Runo peeked her head inside and noticed the group of Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs inside the classroom.
"After you" Dan said in a teasing voice and she only shoved his head. Saying that she had walked inside the strangest looking classroom was an understatement. The walls were crammed with shelves either containing books, crystal balls or teacups of different shapes and colors. At least around twenty round tables were arranged in front of a marvelous blue high-end chair. Runo didn't know if she should stay or run back to her room. Quickly spotting Julie waving at them, the three Gryffindors sat down right next to her. All of a sudden a pink smoke bomb exploded in front of the class and there stood a very tall and thin man.
"Hello children!" He exclaimed happily, a wicked grin up on his face "How nice to finally be able to see you! Welcome to Divination!" Runo was surprised at the man standing before her. He had a long face along with light blue locks over his head. He was wearing a tux that was half yellow and half red, along with a glistening tie and a green pair of earrings. In some way the man looked familiar to Professor Preyas.
"I'm Professor Angelo Diablo and I'll be your Divination teacher" He started explaining "I usually don't roam around school, no need to since I have the Inner Eye with me" The professor took his eye lid and expanded it, making Julie disgusted "Anyhow I have to warn you that Divination is not an easy task and if you do not have the Sight it will be quite difficult for you" He grinned at them once more.
"What's with this guy?" Dan whispered to her, making her shrug in doubt. The room was starting to get filled with perfumes of different kinds and it was getting quite clammed inside.
"We'll cover the basic. First reading tea leaves, then palmistry, followed by crystal balls and finally reading fire omens. We'll se how you'll do children!" Professor Angelo released a maniac laugh that got everyone on edge "You dear-" He pointed at Julie's housemate, Mui Yahagi "-Is your brother well? You should keep an eye on him just in case" The girl went white as a sheet.
"Boy keep on the same path that you're going and you'll end up in a dark place" He pointed now at Billy, who seemed startled by it all. The class became a whispering and muttering mess, everyone trying to understand what was going on "Now class! Divide in pairs. We'll have a little assignment! Get a teacup from the shelf and come to me to fill it. Then, drink the tea until the drags remain. Turn them with your left hand three times and then exchange it with your pair. Interpret the patterns with your book and discuss it among you!"
Everyone quickly got to work and Runo ended up pairing with Julie, while Dan and Billy got together. They quickly drank their tea and did as Professor Angelo instructed them. Runo got her textbook out, feeling stupider by the second as she took Julie's cup and tried to examine the pattern. There wasn't any sort of shape similar to the images inside the book. In her perspective it looked like any normal bundle of wet leaves.
"Well, I only see brown and murky stuff" She grumbled in annoyance, shuffling page after page in her book, trying to find some explanation. She took a quick look around and everyone looked unsure of what they were doing. Well, at least she wasn't the only one not out of her mind.
"Open up your minds children! See beyond what you can read in the leaves!" Professor Angelo encouraged everyone as he passed around the tables. Runo caught Dan's look of utter confusion and couldn't help but to chuckle at him.
"Well let's see…" Julie tried to twist and turn the cup in her hands "You have some sort of crooked cross in here- which means trials and suffering" The Hufflepuff frowned sending her a wary look. Runo only shrugged at her motioning for her to continue "No wait I think I see some sort of animal here—it looks like a sheep"
"Let me take a look at it dear" Professor Angelo appeared before them with a happy grin. He took the cup from Julie's hands "It's a falcon—you have a deadly enemy" Runo didn't act the bit surprised at that one. In fact everyone looked at the professor with exasperation "A skull—danger in your path" His grin vanished from his mouth as the cup slipped from his hands and crashed onto the floor.
The professor looked quite startled as he looked at her. Runo was unsure of what to say to him. The whole class was in silence as they watched the two of them. His eyes kept looking down at the broken cup, not leaving for a second the wet leaves. Then he looked up to her and Runo could see a great terror and fear pooling around them.
"My poor girl…" He whispered, the happy aura around him gone completely "Should I? No I shouldn't, maybe I should end the class…" He started whispering to himself, almost as if he was talking with another person, until he looked back up to her again. She gulped completely unsure of what was about to come next "Your cup…you have the Grim"
"Eh?" Runo only managed to stutter out, quite confused. Some of the students knew what that meant and they let out horrible gasps of fear. Dan and Billy looked both confused and quite agitated by the commotion. Julie turned to look at her, eyes big as plates, anxiety and tremor written all over her face.
"The Grim a giant spectral dog that haunts churchyards" The professor explained, a preoccupied expression on his face "It is the worst omen…one of death."
Her eyes widened as she took in the words. Did people really predict death with just a bunch of leaves? Was this professor joking? The images of the black wolf hunting her down appeared in her mind. The animal had been following her around after she escaped the orphanage and she could still feel like someone was always watching her back. Did that actually mean that they were signs of her dying?
Everyone around her started discussing the topic and even some tried to reconnect the pieces of the broken cup, trying to get a clear look of the creature on it. Dan and Billy exchanged worried glances, along with Julie who was trying to see the leaves once again. Professor Angelo then cleared up his throat, trying to get back into his happy mood once again.
"Well class I think that will be it for today. Read the chapter on 'Tea Leaves the signs from beyond' in your book and bring an essay for next class" He said to the class. Everyone let a couple of coughs and started gathering their things "Oh and dear-" He pointed at Mui Yahagi "Please do send an owl to your home, just to check on your brother."
Runo bolted out of the room as quick as she could, trying to ignore the guilty and sorry looks everyone was giving her. Dan and Julie were both calling out to her but she didn't bother to look back, the words of Professor Angelo replaying in her mind. Divination was just a fool's class. She shouldn't have even enlisted the topic. She shouldn't get too worked up on it, but she couldn't help connect the dots with the black wolf that kept appearing everywhere she went.
"Runo wait up geez!" Julie panted as she placed a hand on her shoulder, making her turn around "Girl you really need to listen more!" They both caught up to her, eyes filled with worry. She couldn't stand it at all, wanting nothing more than just her own space for a single moment.
"Kid just don't listen to him" Dan tried saying, but even she could see that he wasn't convinced with his own words "It's just wizards get really nervous whenever they see a Grim or something similar, I'm sure you haven't seen any black dog or even a wolf."
"I have" Runo crossed her arms over her chest, feeling a bit uncomfortable by the looks her friends were giving her "Back when I left the orphanage, I saw a black wolf" Blood seemed to drain over their faces as both Julie and Dan exchanged worried looks. The tension was broken when Alice and Shun came walking up to them.
"Why such a depressing looks on all of you?" She asked quite concerned at the three of them. Runo huffed as she explained the whole situation to the both of them. She expected them to look quite startled but even Alice laughed a bit.
"Runo Divination is not a precise branch of magic" Alice explained "Too many possibilities for that to happen. And from what my grandfather has told me, Professor Angelo has a habit of predicting the death of a student each year, and nobody has died just yet. So lighten up!" The red head looked completely proud of herself, making Runo's chest feel a bit lighter after the topic.
"But Alice! Professor Angelo saw the Grim on her cup!" Julie interjected with diligence "And Runo just told us that she has seen it! That's super bad! When my Grandfather Kai—may he rest in peace—died, he saw the Grim! Then he dropped dead a day later!"
"It was probably just a stray dog and maybe it was only bad luck why that happened" Alice only shrugged at the suggestion, completely convinced about her way of thinking. "Look Divination is a lot of guesswork and it doesn't give you something concrete and Runo hasn't dropped dead since she saw the dog, or has she?"
"Alice you're being stubborn again!" The Hufflepuff cried out, clearly hitting a nerve "The book even says it quite clearly that a black wolf or dog is an omen of death! You shouldn't take this lightly!"
"And you shouldn't take it so personally!" The Ravenlaw cried back, surprising almost everyone around them. Runo looked with wide eyes at the redhead, clearly not expecting the outburst from her part. Julie could care less and kept arguing with her even more.
Things were getting more and more agitated as both Alice and Julie continued to argue with each other about who was right. For Runo's part, she felt a bit more relieved after hearing what the redhead had to say. She felt even a bit foolish as she remembered feeling scared for a couple of bundled tea leaves.
"There was nothing woolly about the Grim on Runo's cup!" Julie snapped back at Alice, now quite fed up with her "If you don't believe it's none of my business, but I think you just don't like being wrong at something for a change" That had hit a nerve once again.
"If not believing rubbish makes me sound prideful then sue me!" Alice said back, quite fed up as well with the silver haired girl. They were getting closer to each other and their voices reaching higher tones with each argument "But I wouldn't be so sure about following a bundle of soggy leaves!"
"Guys calm down!" Runo tried separating the two, but neither of them wanted to listen to her "Look! It doesn't matter, Professor Angelo might not be that accurate!" The two girls glared at each other once more and then turned away from each other, Alice still grumbling under her breath. She sighed, brushing away her blue bangs out of her face.
"Still Runo! You saw the Grim! And there's no denying that!" Julie said that with a jab directed specifically at the Ravenclaw. They were about to start on their fight again but Marucho thankfully caught up to them a bright smile on his lips.
"Hey guys!" Sensing the tight atmosphere his smile flattered a bit "So Divination wasn't that good? I just got out of Arithmacy and it was amazing!" He was basically glowing now. Alice was about to continue her arguing with Julie, but stopped right before she spoke. She turned to the blonde, a suspicious look over her face.
"You were in Arithmacy with us?" Alice asked quite shaken up. She looked up to Shun, who in turn only shrugged. "I though you told me you had chosen Care of Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes? And both of them are in the afternoon tomorrow." Marucho's lips were now forming a nervous smile. Even Runo could sense that something wasn't right.
"W-Well-" He started stammering now, as he looked at everywhere but them "Dan!" The brunette looked up quite startled for being called out "Professor Ingram told me about the newest lesson! We'll have a class analyzing the hippogriffs!"
"Oh I remember now!" Dan exclaimed happily as he took a stand next to the blond boy, the same wild grin on his lips "Professor Ingram's sent a message to the class to invite all of the students to see the hippogriffs, so we were wondering if you wanted to come along? But it's even after Christmas break and whatnot, still a long way to go!"
Before any of them could answer the hour for the next class rolled around. Students flooded the halls as they made way towards their next class. Defense Against the Dark Arts was next on Runo's schedule and if she was correct, she had class along with the Ravenclaws. They bid their goodbyes to both Shun and Julie as the rest headed towards the DATDA classroom with their original teacher Professor Drago.
Thankfully the DATDA class was back to normal, not in any way similar to Professor Knight's awful teaching. Professor Drago was already waiting for them as the class started to fill with students both from Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. And standing right next to him was Mr. Kuso, bright smile on his face. Dan immediately turned to her, a mortified expression over his face, but she only shrugged.
"Good afternoon children, I bet you didn't miss my classes at all last year" Drago chuckled a bit, as the students sat down on their tables and took out their books "Oh please save your books in your bags, today we'll be doing a practical lesson and our new professor, Shinjiro Kuso is here to assist us" Mr. Kuso gave them a kind smile and waved his hand at Dan, who went red in embarrassment "If you would follow us"
"Okay let's hope this doesn't turn into a disaster like Klaus Knight's class" Dan muttered under his breath as he avoided having any contact with his father. Runo cheerfully waved at Mr. Kuso with a sheepish smile as he did the same.
Everyone exited the classroom, being led by both Professor Drago and Kuso as they turned a few corridors and halls and made way to a classroom at the far end of the floor. Right above it, there was Cycloid, the poltergeist, loudly chewing on a piece of gum. Once he noticed the incoming students and the professor's at the front his lips turned into a mischievous grin.
"Oh jolly good Equus! Haven't seen your face around lately!" He cackled quite loudly "Missing your pal Romulus? Heard you don't see each other much" Everyone exchanged confused glances. What in the world was he talking about?
Mr. Kuso looked up at the poltergeist, quite amused at the whole act, and he took out his wand. Dan looked at his father with confusion as well as Runo. Did Professor Kuso know anything at all about what Cycloid was talking about?
"I would stop sticking gum in the keyholes Cycloid. Last I heard from you, you were inside a broom closet" Dan's father said with amusement. The poltergeist just huffed and took the gum with him, disappearing in a split second. Shinjiro turned to Drago and said: "Thought I would have the chance to blast him, guess it's no more"
Professor Drago gave him a rare smile as he opened up the door and all of the students flooded the room. It looked like an old staffroom, full with mismatched chairs at the corners and worn out painting. At the center of it all, there was an old wardrobe. The students all stood in a semi circle right in front of it when it suddenly jumped up a bit in the air, startling them.
"There is nothing to worry about" Professor Drago instructed them as he and Mr. Kuso stood on each side of the wardrobe. It wobbled once again and the muttering among the crowd started once again "I should add that the wardrobe contains a boggart inside"
Many students worried even more, taking a few steps backwards from the item. Mira Clay now stood right next to Alice, looking at the doorknob with apprehension. Runo's roommates, Chan-Lee and Fabia even looked quite troubled by it. For her case she hardly knew what a boggart was, but still took a couple of steps back.
"Now, boggarts like dark and enclosed spaces, such as the small creak in this old wardrobe" Professor Drago started his explanation "They can usually be found in a gap between the bed, under the sink and even behind big old clocks. This one here appeared just a few days ago and Professor Wyvern gave me permission to use it in class." He looked back at the curious looking students "Now, what is a boggart?"
Alice and Marucho's hand quickly shot up in the air, along with a few Gryffindors. Professor Drago pointed at Alice.
"A boggart is a shape-shifter" The redhead started, "It takes form of whatever it thinks that can frighten the user more. It is always best to confront a boggart with company since it will confuse it and he will not know in what to transform"
"Very good Miss Gehabic, five points for Ravenclaw" The students cheered for a bit before the professor continued his explanation "As Miss Gehabic explained, it is always best to attack a boggart in the company of others since it will end up confusing him. Now the charm that repels a boggart is simple, it requires quite the strength of mind. The thing that can finish a boggart is laughter, so repeat after me…Riddikulus!"
"Riddikulus!" The whole class repeated after the professor with enthusiasm.
"Very well, now" Professor Drago turned to Marucho and motioned for him to stand right next to him. The blonde was shaking all the way towards the professor, sending pleading looks to them "Now Mr. Maruka this is where you come in. Now tell me, what frightens you the most?"
"Um-m, I'm quite afraid of many things…" He muttered quite nervously making a few classmates chuckle "But ghosts frighten me the most" He finished, quite embarrassed by his response. Some of the class laughed even more but others had a look of understanding over their face.
"Now let's think of a way to turn a ghost into a funny scene" Professor Drago smiled at him, placing a hand on his back "I want you to concentrate to make a ghost look funny. I will open the wardrobe, and concentrate hard enough on it. Alright?" Marucho nodded at him, still quite unsure of what was he going to do "Now class, after Mr. Maruka manages to work the charm, it is likely that the boggart would chose another one of you as target. I want you to think of what frightens you the most and find a way to make it funny"
The class went into deep thought, all of them thinking of their deepest fears. Runo thought hard on the question, but the results were all dreading. The instant thought was the image of Naga. A Naga returned back with full strength. The other was the basilisk she had encountered on her previous year. But before she could find an answer for any of those, a scary memory resurfaced.
The image of the rotting hand and the empty eye sockets, along with the immense cold and suffering still lingered on her mind. Runo felt her heart stop as she remembered the experience all too well, sending shivers down her spine. But how could she make a dementor look funny at all?
"Everyone ready?" Before Runo could respond, everyone around her agreed, "Well then, the exercise will start now. If you need help, me or Professor Shinjiro will come to your aid" Everyone took a couple of steps away from Marucho, all of them taking out their wands and ready.
"Now Mr. Maruka are you ready?" The blond gave a faint nod. Professor Drago pointed out his wand at the door's handle "One, two, three!"
A jet of sparks hit the knob of the wardrobe as the door swung open without hesitation. Marucho was shaking from head to toe as a full-fledged image of a ghost appeared right in front of him. The ghost had his head off to the side and blood seemed to pour out from his neck. He didn't move his eyes off of him as it continued to move towards him.
"Ri-riddikulus!" squeaked Marucho. There was a sound similar to a loud 'crack' and the ghost in front of them had been turned into a plain old white sheet, with flowers and bubbles pouring out of his hands. Everyone laughed and the boggart stood confused at the center of the room.
"Miss Clay forward!" Mira Clay took Marucho's place, wand at the ready. The friendly ghost turned into one big an enormous basilisk. Runo's eyes widened considerably as she took a couple of steps back as she looked at the creature. Dan sent her a worried look. Even Mira hesitated a bit before pointing out her wand at it.
"Riddikulus!" The basilisk deflated and turned into a snake balloon. Everyone laughed once again as the students took place one after the other. It was a blur of laughter and excitement as the boggart transformed without stopping. Runo lost count of how many of her classmates had passed, but one thing was for sure. She still was at doubt. Before she could think the boggart was next to Dan.
"Riddikulus!" Dan shouted as the big and enormous Acromantula that had appeared lost its legs and the creature rolled off to the sides. Everyone moved out of the way until the boggart stopped right in front of Runo's feet. Her breath caught in her throat but before she could say anything the boggart was already there.
The creature seemed to halt right in her face and in an instant turned into a menacing looking dementor. Her breath caught in her throat as she commanded her arm to move and her mouth to shout out the charm but she felt frozen in fear. The dementor moved towards her as it started to take long intakes of breath. It was coming, the scream and all of the sadness and dread she had felt before.
"Here!" Mr. Kuso stood now right in front of her, wand at the ready. The dementor stopped and transformed once again. Standing before them was a black wolf.
"Riddikulus!" Professor Shinjiro bellowed as the boggart turned one last time into a small looking puppy before it vanished into thin air. Everyone clapped in admiration, but Runo could only feel guilt and disappointment at her own failure.
"Very well everyone, excellent work!" Professor Drago moved to the center of the circle "For Monday read the chapter on your books focusing on boggarts and bring an essay to me please, that will be all!"
With that everyone cleared out the classroom, excitedly talking with one another about the experience that had just occurred. Runo felt a bit left out and useless at the moment, but other than that having Drago back as a teacher was plenty. Alice, Marucho and Dan were chatting excitedly but she could only replay the moment with the boggart in her mind.
"I'm so relaxed now that Professor Drago is back to being out Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. I wouldn't stand the class with Knight another year" Alice commented excitedly and then turned to Marucho "How come you've never said anything about being scared of ghosts?"
"I didn't think that information was necessary…" The blond pouted, a pink blush dusting his cheeks "I mean have you seen them? They're dead already Alice! They shouldn't be here walking with us!"
"Oh lighten up little man!" Dan chuckled a bit, ruffling his hair "The ghosts here at Hogwarts are pretty much harmless, with the exception of course of Sir Falconeer" Dan and Marucho both shuddered at the name "He is one nasty ghost to mess with"
"Runo?" Alice called out to her. She turned to her friend, not wanting to talk at the moment for any reason. The redhead sent her a worried glance, almost as if she already knew what was coming "Are you feeling alright?"
"Never better" The girl responded without missing a beat. She turned to the side, looking at the weather outside "You know what I have to check up on Lumos, I'll see you later"
Before any of her friends could stop her, she sprinted away from the scene and made way towards the Owlery at the West Tower of Hogwarts. Runo didn't register that she was basically sprinting towards it until she had reached the top of the stairs with a huffing breath. Lungs burning from the lack of air the girl entered the room and searched for her snowy owl.
The Owlery was the same as usual. It was a long circular stone room full with glassless windows, where each of the owls would perch up. The owls would come and go freely without a problem as they flew away to make their deliveries. It was getting quite chilly up so high and Runo wondered how the owls managed to survive such harsh winters. Making a quick scan of the room, she finally found her trusty owl, Lumos.
"Hey girl" She walked towards her with a full smile "Sorry I didn't come to see you sooner" The owl seemed to let out a grumpy huff but still appreciated Runo's touch. The girl giggled a bit as she searched in her bag for her owl's treat until a cough stopped her.
Runo looked up to see a shaggy light brown haired Hufflepuff boy coughing up into his uniform. He had big and astounding pair of grey eyes as he tried to stop his coughing fit. The robes he wore looked a bit too worn out and big for him, but Runo could see that he was a year older than her or so. On top of it all, he was quite handsome too. Her mind stopped once that thought settled on her mind.
Somewhere in her mind the girl found him quite similar to someone else, but she couldn't put a finger on it. Though he looked quite sick and ill, the boy managed to break off into a small smile as he headed towards a Brown Owl who was missing it's left eye. The Hufflepuff swung his brown satchel as he took out a pair of letters out from it and placed them in his owl's beak. He gave the pet one last pat on the head as the Brown Owl quickly flew away to make his deliveries. As if sensing her gaze on him, the boy turned around.
"Ah sorry!" Runo quickly apologized as she focused on getting Lumos' treats. She felt his gaze on her now, his eyes widening in realization. An awkward silence stretched between the two and she couldn't help the blush of embarrassment.
"Don't worry about it." The boy said a bit weakly, unsure if he could talk with her "You seem to take a good care of your owl" Runo turned to him a bit surprised as she handed Lumos a small pouch of treats on her hand. The owl didn't waste time in devouring them.
"You think?" She chuckled a bit.
"Well from the looks of it, it looks well fed and well treated to me" He smiled weakly, taking a few steps towards her "Besides her wings look sturdy and capable in my eyes"
"I suppose you take Care of Magical Creatures or you're just a fanatic of owls." Runo grinned when she saw his widened gaze.
"A bit of both I suppose…" The boy chuckled a bit "Ah I haven't introduced myself, I'm-" Before he could finish a sentence a Tawny Owl swooped down in front of him and dropped a ton of letters wrapped in a stack in his hands. With that the owl flew away, leaving a boy with a grimace.
"That's a lot of letters" Runo comment as she looked at the bunch "I'm sure your parents must be very worried about you"
"Yeah, mum always exaggerates…" The boy sounded a bit dejected now as he started stuffing the stack of letters on his satchel "I must be going now-" Before he could leave a paper flew away from the stack and landed right in Runo's face thanks to the hard winds of the Owlery "-Ah! Sorry!"
"No worries!" Runo struggled to remove it from her face and before she handed it right back to the boy she passed a brief glance over its cover. It was the mug shot of Soichiro Hoshi over the left side of the page, while on the right it was the photo of the Hufflepuff. Frowning a bit, the girl read on the red bolded letters over the image.
'DISGRACE TO A WIZARD'S NAME'
Runo wanted to ask what was it about but the boy had snatched the paper away from her quickly, before she could look at it again. She looked up to him a bit startled and that's when part of her mind made notice of the boy. He had the same pair of grey eyes as to the escaped convict.
"Sorry about that, I must really get going-" The boy huffed quite nervous as he stuffed the paper back into his satchel "Joe Brown pleased to meet you and I'll see you later!" With that the Huffelpuff bolted out of the Owlery and descended back into Hogwarts.
Runo looked back at him, quite surprised at the exchange and clearly not expecting that sort of meeting during the day. Another harsh wind passed by, making her shiver and tightening the hold on her coat. She felt a hard pain from her hand as she found her owl had just bit onto her.
"Ow! Lumos that hurt!" She reprimanded her pet as sucked on the injured part, trying to ease away the pain. The owl huffed a bit angrily, as if annoyed that she hadn't been paying attention to her. Runo only rolled her eyes as she took out another small bunch of treats. Lumos perked up instantly as she fed her even more.
She supposed she would ask Mr. Kuso about Joe Brown later on, but for the moment she tried to focus on feeding Lumos. Well that and trying to move on from the fact that she had just met someone from the Hoshi family.
HEY GUYS! I took a bit longer to update than expected, sorry! As I restated in MBB I was struggling with an enormous writer's block and well I think I'm slowly getting out of there (I hope) Anyways I tried to make this chapter as long as possible to compensate for the tardiness? I really don't know if it worked or not tbh haha but well hope you enjoyed it!
So Joe Brown makes an appearance people! Hahaha I hand't mentioned him before because I was saving him for this moment hoho, and well as you just read he's in Hufflepuff and still has health problems, other than that he's an absolute sweetheart (bless this boy tbh) and yeah he and Hoshi are related by blood, so more questions to come after that!
I have another two chapters typed out but I really need to get the hang of writing days before publishing, it makes things much easier believe me! Another thing I might update 'Lost Princess' with the new rewritten chapter but I'm still not convinced haha who knows then! Anyways I hope you liked this chapter, if you have any question, doubt or comment do please leave a review or even PM me! Thanks for all the constant support you guys, you are the best! Have a great week!