86. Grawp
**Fred's POV**
"Hagrid?" Harry asked.
"Come with me" He said and we followed him to the Forbidden Forest.
"Any idea where he's taking us?" Ron asked after a while.
"Hagrid, why can't you just tell us?" I asked.
Before he could answer, centaurs came running from the other side of us.
"I've never seen the centaurs so riled. And they're dangerous at the best of times" Hagrid said. "The Ministry restricts their territory much more, they'll have a full uprising on their hands."
"Hagrid" 'Mione started. "What's going on?"
"I'm sorry to be so mysterious, you lot. I wouldn't be bothering you at all with it, but with Dumbledore gone" Hagrid said playing with his fingers.
"I'll likely be getting the sack any day now. And I just couldn't leave without telling anyone about him."
"About who, Hagrid?" Harry asked.
Hagrid walked over behind a tree and we followed only to find a sixteen feet tall giant playing around.
"Grawp!" Hagrid cried.
'Grawpy' stood up straight and Hagrid said "Down here, you great buffoon!"
He turned around and tried to catch a butterfly. It flew towards us and the giant clapped his hands trying to catch the butterfly and made Mione, George, Ron, Harry, and I all fall to the ground.
"Oh, Grumpy. I brought you some company" said Hagrid and we all stood us only to make the giant come towards us. We walked back quickly and it pushed Hagrid down to the floor but it failed to come near us as it was tied to a tree.
"I couldn't just leave him, because-" Hagrid started. "Because he's my brother."
"Blimey" George and I muttered.
"Well, half-brother, really. He's completely harmless, just like I said. Little high-spirited, is all" Hagrid said and the giant came closer to us and we backed us some more.
'Mione tripped and the giant grabbed her. I almost had a heart attack.
"'Mione!" I said trying to grab her hand as she shrieked.
"Grawpy, that is not polite!" Hagrid said.
"Hagrid, do something," I said worriedly.
"Don't move" Hagrid told us while I was still panicking. "We talked about this, Grawp. You do not grab, do you?"
Ron picked up a broken tree and ran over to Grawp and Hagrid said "That's your new friend, Hermione."
Ron hit the giant on the shin and it kicked him to the floor.
"Ron!" I said helping him up with George.
"Grawp! Put me down!" 'Mione demanded pointing her finger at it. "Now!"
Grawp listened to her and set her down and she grabbed my arm tightly.
"You alright, 'Mione?" I asked worried.
"Fine. Just needs a firm hand, is all" She said.
"I think you've got an admirer" Harry said.
**Hermione's POV**
Grawp went through all this and Fred said protectively "Just stay away from her, alright?"
Grawp faced us once more and he had a bell in his hand. He rang it and the ding went off.
He walked over to us a little and handed it to me. I took the bell and rang it with a soft smile.
Grawp smiled and rang another bell he had.
"He gets his own food and all. Its company he'll need when I'm gone" Hagrid said and I smiled softly and rang the bell with Grawp.
"You'll look after him, won't you? I'm the only family he's got."
We all looked at Hagrid and we said our goodbyes.
We went to the common room and I read for a little while as Ron went to his dormitory and Harry was called to Snape's office.
"How about we go for a walk?" George asked.
"Sounds like a plan. 'Mione?" Fred asked.
"Sure" I smiled and I took Fred's hand and we walked out to the courtyard where we found a little boy crying.
I looked at the twins and we decided to help him.
"Hey, I'm Hermione. This is Fred and George" I said.
"What's your name?" George asked.
"Micheal" the little boy responded.
"Your head's going to be found, Micheal" Fred said.
"Ya. It's not as bad as it seems, See?" George said showing Micheal his left hand with the Blood Quill scars.
"It's fading already," I said softly.
"You can hardly see ours anymore and the pain stops after a while" Fred added.
I looked up and found Harry walking towards us.
"Hi, Harry," I said.
"Hem Hem" A voice said and we turned around to find Umbridge.
Myself and the twins stood up and we walked next to Harry.
"As I told you once before, Mr. Potter: Naughty children deserve to be punished" Umbridge said and walked away.
I took Fred's arm and he put his hands in his pockets saying "You know, George, I've always felt like our futures lay outside the world of academic achievement."
"Fred, I've been thinking exactly the same thing" George said with a smile.
We all took Micheal back to the common room and we headed to our dormitories.
